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except they're inspecting from syria to iran empty, rather than too iran to syria when they have all the weapons aboard. martha? martha: what is interesting. why does iran want to resupply the assad regime? >> reporter: iran is playing for time. the longer syrian civil war goes on the less attention focused on the iranian nuclear program, that is number one. number two, president assad supports hezbollah. that is a key iranian supply route and proxy going on there. the last thing iran wants to continue the sphere of influence around the mediterranean where they have a deepwater port. we're also hearing that hamas and islamic jihad here in the gaza strip are asking iran to resupply them with weapons, specifically the rockets and other things that were that eight-day israeli bombing campaign. so now the iran yage regime will figure out what smuggling route they can use for that to get the weapons into gaza. martha? martha: it is clear the more unrest in that area the more cover it provides for iran and it benefits them in many ways. leland, thank you very much. leland vittert. bill: a
except they're inspecting from syria to iran empty, rather than too iran to syria when they have all the weapons aboard. martha? martha: what is interesting. why does iran want to resupply the assad regime? >> reporter: iran is playing for time. the longer syrian civil war goes on the less attention focused on the iranian nuclear program, that is number one. number two, president assad supports hezbollah. that is a key iranian supply route and proxy going on there. the last thing iran...
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one is libya, syria, tunisia and yemen. egypt truly matters. if that becomes an islamic authoritarian regime it will have a significant impact on those other countries. bill: you believe we are losing ground in the battle with islamists and they are gaining more power. that's not something people wanted to see after the arab spring. but you believe the window of opportunity in developing a more modern arab world is closing. when you think about that, you think about the sacrifice that happened in afghanistan. and happened in iraq, and we are not take advantage of that? have you seen that play out? >> right now it's playing out against us and against mostly what we are talking about here is the people in the middle east. the drivers of instability are political and social injustice and lack of economic opportunity. that's what these reformers are seeking. that's -- it seems to me it's something we should be helping them to achieve. if we are not involved in that process the islamists and the radicals are going to have undue influence and that's
one is libya, syria, tunisia and yemen. egypt truly matters. if that becomes an islamic authoritarian regime it will have a significant impact on those other countries. bill: you believe we are losing ground in the battle with islamists and they are gaining more power. that's not something people wanted to see after the arab spring. but you believe the window of opportunity in developing a more modern arab world is closing. when you think about that, you think about the sacrifice that happened...
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there are also new reports of violence rocking syria today. this is brand-new video of the aftermath. look at this. four explosions went off in a suburb near the syrian capitol. at least 56 people dead in those explosions, dozens more are injured. several homes and buildings were destroyed. the blast reportedly caused by two bobby trapped cars and two other explosive devices. no group has claimed responsibility in this. syrian police say that it has the trademarks of an al-qaida-affiliated organization. >> another alert right now on the floor of the u.s. senate. senate minority leader republican mitch mcconnell saying that raising tax rates in this economy is the last thing that the government should do in america. here is senator mcconnell just moments ago. have a listen. >> the only reason democrats are insisting on raising rates is because raising rates on the so-called rich is the holy grail of liberalism. their aim isn't job creation, they are interested in wealth destruction. bill: part of the reason why this is getting so much attention
there are also new reports of violence rocking syria today. this is brand-new video of the aftermath. look at this. four explosions went off in a suburb near the syrian capitol. at least 56 people dead in those explosions, dozens more are injured. several homes and buildings were destroyed. the blast reportedly caused by two bobby trapped cars and two other explosive devices. no group has claimed responsibility in this. syrian police say that it has the trademarks of an al-qaida-affiliated...